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Residents Pull Together in Flood-Ravaged Central Texas

Officials said on July 8 that in Kerr County alone, the deadly flood has claimed 87 lives, including 56 adults and 30 children.
Residents Pull Together in Flood-Ravaged Central Texas
Guadalupe Keys RV Resort in Center Point, Texas, was hard-hit by historic flooding in central Texas. Volunteers removed brush and debris on July 7, 2025. Darlene McCormick Sanchez/The Epoch Times
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KERRVILLE, Texas—Residents and volunteers are persisting in search-and-recovery efforts along the rain-swollen Guadalupe River that ravaged the Texas Hill Country over the July 4 weekend, leaving more than 100 people dead.

On July 7, local volunteer Alli Robertson was walking with a group on the banks of the river in Comfort, Texas, looking for the deceased.

Darlene McCormick Sanchez is an Epoch Times reporter who covers border security and immigration, election integrity, and Texas politics. Ms. McCormick Sanchez has 20 years of experience in media and has worked for outlets including Waco Tribune Herald, Tampa Tribune, and Waterbury Republican-American. She was a finalist for a Pulitzer prize for investigative reporting.